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W. H. BUNCH, D; SLATB 81; J. RODDA. MACHINL PCR PACKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

No. 404,778. Patented June 4, .1889.

(No Model.) 9 Sheets-sheet 2.

W. H. BUNCE, D. SLATE 8v J. RODDA. MACHINA1 FCR PACKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

No. 404,773. Patented June 4, 1889.

(No Mode-1.) 9 Sheets-Sheet 3'. W. H. BUNCE, D. SLATE 8v J. RODDA. MACHINE FOR PACKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

No. 404,773. Patente-dJune 4A 1889.-

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W. H. BUNGRD. SLATE an J. RODDA. MACHINE FOR PACKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

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W. H. BUNGB, D. SLATE s JQRODDA.

MACHINE POB. PACKAGING-POSTAL CARDS.

No. 404,773. Patented June 4, 1889.

(No Model.) i 9 Sheets-Sheet 6. W. I-L BUNCB, D'. SLATE 8v' J. RODDA.

MACHINE FOR PACKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

Patented June 4, 1889.

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W. H. BUNCH, D. SLATB 8v J. RODDA. MACHINE P0P PACKAGING POSTAL (mms.

No. 404,773. Patented June 4, 1889.

(No Model.) 9 Sheets-Sheet 8. W. H. BUNCB, D. SLA'IE 8T J. RODDA. 'MACHINE FOR PAGKAGING POSTAL CARDS.

No. 404,773. Patented'June 4, 1889.

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W. H. BUNCE. D. SLATB 8p J.. RODDA. MAGHINB POR PACKAGING P osTAL GARDS.

No. 404,773. Patented June 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM H. BUNCE, OF JERSEY CITY,NEV JERSEY, AND DVIGHT SIATE AND JAMES RODDA, OFv HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO CALVIN C. IVOOLVORTH AND JN O. S. GRAHAM, OF NENV YORK, N. Y. I'

MACHINE FOR PACKAGING POSTAL-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,773, dated J' une 4, 1889. Application filed March 13, 1886. Renewed September 21, 1888. Serial No. 286,014. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known Ithat we, WILLIAM H. BUNCE,`

of Jersey City, in the county of Hudsonand State of N ew Jersey, DWIGHT SLATE, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State'of Connecticut, and JAMES RODDA, also of 's aid whereby any one skilled in the art can make.

and use the same.

Our invention relates to that class of' machines that have heretofore been used for making envelopes, postal-cards, paper-wrappers, and the like, and in the form herein described our machine relates particularly to a postal-card machine.

The object of our invention is to provide a 2o machine that shall automatically arrange in packages of any predetermined number the articles, as postal-cards or envelopes, that may be made, printed, or otherwise operated upon by the machine, and then secure these packages with a wrapping-band of suitable material, and in the same machine provide for the automatic counting of individual articles or of the number of packages.

The within-described machine that embodies our improvements as a whole consists of a supporting-frame with several rotary shafts bearing intermeshing cog-wheels, and cams operating on levers and like parts that make up the automatic device for receiving' the cards, for feeding the piles of cards to the banding mechanism, and also the several mechanisms for feeding, banding, pasting, and delivering the cards and packages supplied to t-he machine, and the several devices 4o are so combined and arranged in one structure as to be capable of performing their respective functions in ta measure independently of any co-operation, and the several parts and mechanisms are capable of adjustment with relation to the individual and also to the collective action of the several mechanisms.

Our improvements consist in the combination of the several parts making up the 5o feeding mechanism, the banding mechanism,

the gumming mechanism, and in details of thecombination and arrangement of the several parts making up these mechanisms,

as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View, in elevation, of a Kidder printing-press with our improved machine attached and connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View, on an e'nlargedscale, of part of our improved 6o machine, showing part of the feeding and b anding mechanism. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the machine with parts cut away. Fig. 4 is a detail side view, in vertical section, of the machine on plane denoted byline as :I: in Fig. 3 and showing the pocket-clearing levers in side view. Fig. 5 is a detail view, in vertical section, of the bed of the machine, showing the levers that lift the pocket-clearing devices. Fig. 6 is a side view of our card-machine as a 7o whole. Fig. 7 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the tape-guide and its supportingarm. Fig. Sis a detail top view of these latter parts. Fig. 9 is a detail view, in vertical section, through the tape-guide on plane z e' k7 5 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a view in vertical longitudinal section of part of the frame of the machine on a plane near the roll of banding'- tape, the tape-shears being omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 11 is a detail side view, 8o on an enlarged scale, of the grasping-pinchers of the banding mechanism. Fig. 12 is a detail front view, on an enlarged scale, of these pinchers. Fig. 13 is a detail plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the tape-shears and connected 8 5 levers. Fig. 14 is a detail front View of part of the frame of the machine, showing the shears in rear view and the shear-operatin g cams and levers, and also part of the levers of the banding mechanism. Figs. 15, 16, 17, and 18 are de- 9o tail views, on an enlarged scale, of the banding and gummin g devices in several positions. Fig. 19 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of

the clamp on the main driving-shaft. Fig. 20

is a detail view, in cross-section, through this' 95 shaft on plane x a' of Fig. 19.

The machine now about to be described, and to which our said improvement is appurten ant, is a machine for making postal-cards. The machine is applicable to any other analo- Ico gous purpose. The paper-stock is, to begin with, upon a roll, and is of a width sufficient for making a number of postal-cards It is fed into and through the printing-press in the form of a continuous sheet, and is by such press properly printed with the postal-card emblems. 'The printing-press shown in the accompanying drawings is a so-ealled Kidder press. After the paper is printed it is, as it moves along, slitted lengthwise, and after such lengthwise slitting it is, by a rcciproeating knife, divided into lengths, and the divided parts are postal-eards proper. These postal-cards drop into pockets, and after a predetermined number of them have been deposited in a pocket they are moved forward out of the pockets and into the grasp of a lateral feeding' device, which by a stepby-step movement feeds the packages laterally. Each package as it comes to the proper point in the lateral feeding is bound with a paper tape, the ends of which are pasted together. After this the package of postal-cards thus bound with a paper tape are by a con-mi tinuation of said lateral feeding fed oil the end of atable inte aproperreceptacle. Meanwhile the register counts the packages.

In the accompanying drawings the letter ct denotes the paper-stock whereof the postalcards are made. This paper -stoek is fed through the printing-press and meanwhile printed with the proper emblems and legends of a postal-card. This wide band of paperstock is slitted lengthwise (after being printed) by means of rotary cutters, and the slitted sections of this paper-stock are divided into proper lengths for postal-cards by a reciprocating knife, and when the pieces pass through the reciprocatingknife an d drop down from it they are postal-eards proper, properly printed and of the proper size. They drop into the pockets d. When the desired number of postal-cards have dropped into each of these pocket-s, (in the present case twentyfive cards,) the pocket-clearing.device operates, pushing the postal-cards out of these pockets and into the grasp of thelateral feeding device.

The pocket-clearing mechcmsnif-The letter E denotes the pocket-clearing mechanism as a whole. c denotes the clearing-lever, the upper end of which is furnished with fingers c', one for each of said pockets, which iingers collie in contact with and move the postaleards out of the pockets d, the bottoms or floors of the pockets being slotted longitudinally for the travel of such fingers. The lower end of the lever e is broadened and jointed on each side to the arms f j", which are clamped at their opposite ends to the rock-shaft f2, that is pivoted in bearings on y the bed of the frame A ofthe machine. This connection of the lever Ae and the arms f j" is to enable the said lingers to have the necessary upanddown motion that forms apart of the motions made bythe fingers e in clearing the pockets, and this up-and-down motion is given by cam g, fast to the shaft 7L and bearing against friction-roll on pin j"3 on the upper end of the lever f4, which is pivoted to the rock-shaft at its lower end and connected to an upright branch by a bolt passing through slotted openings in the parts, which means of connection permits adjustn nient of the upper end of the lever toward or from the shaft 7L. The proper bacleandforth vibration of the said Vfingers e. at the upper end is given by the cam q', also fast to shaft 7L and cooperating with a roll on the adjustable pin e2 on the level' e. (Shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.) The friction-rollers on lever c and .levcrfl are kept in contact with the bearing-faces of the cams by the yielding pull forward and downward ofthe diagonal spring t'. The shaft 7a` is so timed in its revolutions relative to the movements of the reciprocating knife c that the lingers of t-he pocket-clearing device, starting from the position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, move the postal-cards forward out of the pockets d after twenty-five cards have been deposited in each pocket; and the movement of said lingers is, first, forward, carryingl the cards out of the pockets; second, downward, dropping below the cards; third, backward, and, fourth, upward again into position to again move the next lot out of the pockets.

The reciprocating knife c is provided with sln'ing-iingers-one for each poeket-which, when the knife moves down, bear with a yielding pressure upon the postaleards and hold them securely in the proper place dun ing the operation of cutting. The packages of cards, when moved out of the pockets d, are given into the keeping' of thelateralfeeding mechanism.

The letters fn, Fig. 2, denote arms, all clamped to the pivot-shaft o, that is support.u ed in bearings on the back edge of the table A', so that the free ends of these arms can rise and fall, and until the cards are moved into the keeping of Ithe lateral 'feeding device the free ends of these arms 'a lie by gravity (of course a spring might be used) on the table A. The arms n may all be connected together by a rod or bar o, extending parallel with the shaft o. When alot of postal-cards is moved `forward out of the pockets d, it is moved into pocket-spaces l between two of these arms a. all move laterally to the left the distance of one pocket-space, carrying all the lots of postal-cards one remove to the left. Then the free ends of the arms n rise so as to be disengaged from the postal-eards, move backward one remove to the right, and drop down where they were at first. The movements of the shaft o and arms n to right and left are given bythe 4rotary cam r, (see Fig. 3,) acting through the lever s, the spring t holding the friction-roll on the end of the arm s of the lever s in proper Contact with the cani r. The up and down motions of the arms In. are given by the cam il. on shaft 7L through the At the right time thc arms n IOO IIO

medium of the lever v and connecting-rod fw,

that has on its top the slide-bearing z, acting against the bar 04, which connects the several arms n together.

It will be readily understood that as the lateral feeding device continues to operate the packets of postal-cards come successively one after anotheil to be at the left of that arm n which is farthest left in the series. From such position the packets are removed one by one still farther to the left, and there held stationary and bound with a paper tape. A part of this last movement is given by the usual leftward movement of the lateral feeding device, and an additional part is given by a supplemental feed device D.

The letter a denotes a pusher hung on the pusher-rod t', which rod reciprocates at proper times inA its bearings in the arms n, and is held in normal position by the spring c. As the lateral feeding device is moved, in

-the manner already described,vtoward the left, the lever d at a proper time strikes the stop b, and the opposite end of this lever, bearing against a collar t2, (which is on the pusher-roch) gives the pusher a an additional and independent impulse of its own upon the packet of postal-cards, moving it to the place where it is bound with the paper tape.

The binding mechanism.+The bindingtape is preferably a paper tape, is denoted by t-he letter g2, is wound in the form of a roll which is on the non-rotary shaft h', and is held steady in position by cheeks i" ft",which are also non-rotary, and one of them is made removable for the purpose of permitting the insertion in place of a new roll of paper tape. The shaft and cheeks just referred to are made non-rotary, as just described, that they may have a frictional contact with the roll of binding-tape and assist in keeping it from unwinding with undue and hurtful rapidity. The letter j denotes a pivoted friction-pawl, the free end of which lies by gravity in contact with the periphery of the roll of tape, and also assists in keeping that roll from unwinding with undue speed. The tape is drawn from the roll, already described, down through the guide t", which is provided with the spring l', that bears against the tape, to the end that it shall not be pulled through this guide amy faster than the uses of the device below require. After the laterally-feeding device, acting in conjunction with the pusher a', has fed one of the packs of cards into the position where it is to be bound with the tape, such pack is then to the leftward of the vertical plane of the guide 71:. At this point the ends of a pair of pinchers rise through a hole in the table, grasp the end of the tape just below the guide It", and, retreating below the table, carry thc end of the tape with them, drawing out past the guide 7u a sufficientlength of. the tape for winding the succeeding package of cards.

The letters on m denote the two levers of the grasping-pinchers. (See Figs. lO, 1l, and 12.) Each is-pivotally hung upon a slide fn', having vertical reciprocation in the ways 0.

' A link p is pivotally attached at one end to a projection from the slide a', and it is pivotally attached at the other end to a connecting-rod r', the lower end of which rod is pivotally att-ached to the pivoted lever S2, which bears upon its side a friction-roll co-operating with the rotary cam t, held to contact therewith bythe spring u. As this cam, just mentioned, rotates, the lever s2 rises and falls, and, through the medium of the connectingrod o", gives the grasping-pinchers their requisite up-and-down movement. The link p has in its operation of the connecting-rod 7" an independent up-and-down movement of its own between the two stop-pins fu c', projecting from one of t-he*grasping-pinchers ym', and this is for use in connection with the opening and shutting of the grasping-pinchers. rlhe lower ends of the grasping-pinchers are formed into the cams w', and a tappet-pin z', borne in the link p', 3o-operates with these cam-surfaces w. When the grasping-pinchers are at the uppermost 'limit of' their vertical play, they are open. When the connecting-rod r begins its downward movement, it has the said independent play of its own between the stop-pins n o', and during this independent play it brings the tappet-pin e into contact with the cam-surfaces vw', and thereby closes the graspingpinchers upon the paper tape. This grasping ofthe pinchers upon the paper tape is continued until the grasping-pinchers are at the lowermost limit of their vertical play and until the connecting-rod i" begins its upward movement,.in the first part of which the tappet-pin e removes its pressure from the camsurfaces w and the spring c2 opens the grasping-pinchers and holds them open until they are again closed for the purpose of grasping a fresh end of the tape. The spring b3, running from the slide n to the' connecting-rod 0, aids in making certain the proper independent vibratory motion of the link p. After the grasping-pinchers have reached the downward limit of their vertical play, and thereby drawn down through the Vguide k a sufficient length of tape for binding a pack of cards, the tape is severed just beneath the guide k by shears, the leversv of which are denoted by thev letters c2 c2, Figs. 2, 13, and 14, and are pivoted on a pivot-pin d and made to close for cutting purposes when properly permitted by the spring c3. These shear-levers are held apart until a cutting action is desired by the rotary pin-cam f7, the proper rotary vibration of which is given by the cam g4, acting through the lever h2 and the con- IOO' necting-rod/L'2 the lever 7b2 bein 0' held to 3ro )er n 7 e l l contact with the cam gLl by the spring (i2. This feeding of the end of the tape down through thc table insufficient lengths for binding a pack of cards takes place before the packet 'of cards to be bound thereby is fed to the leftward of the guide 7.3 bythe supplemental feed device. lVhen the pack of cards which is next to be bound is fed from right of the guide 7.a to left of the guide 7s', it carries with it and doubles upon itself the length of tape which has just been fed and cut olf from the main roll for that purpose. (See Figs. 15, 1(, 17, and 1 8.)

Contact with the table folds the tape against the under side of the package, while contactV with the vibrating iinger 7a2 correspondingly folds the tape upon the upper side of the package. The retaining-finger, just referred to, consists of a lever 7:?, pivoted in the frame, and in this instance upon the standard bearing the roll of biiiding-tape at 7a3. A spring o2, connected with the standard and at that end of the lever 7c? opposite the package-retaining end, serves to hold said retaining` or folding end against the package. An arn'i 71:4, fast on the end of a rock-shaft Z2, having a vibratory motion imparted to it by means of the rotary cam m2 through the lever M gives the proper movements to said retaining-finger. This retaining-finger is generally down. \Vhen a pack of cards in its leftward feed comes under the point of this retainin g-fin ger, it is temporarily raised, that the pack may get under such point, when the finger again drops and remains dropped until another pack is to be entered under its point. How the upper end of the severed length of tape is folded down upon the top of the pack of cards by the retaining-finger 7s? has been already described, and how the lower part of the length of severed tape is folded against the under side of -the pack of cards by contact with the table as the pack is fed to the leftward.

The operations and means by which the free extremity ofthe lower end of the length of severed tape is brought up on the side of the pack of cards, gummed, and pressed down to contact with what was the upper end of the severed length of tape are as follows:

The letter p2 denotes a folding-finger, which underlies the free extremity of the lower end of the tape-after the tape is severed from the roll an d has been partly folded about the packag'e. (See Fig. 15.) rlhis folding-finger rises at the proper time ar d carries the free end of the tape last mentioned upward along the side of the pack of cards, both it and said free end of the tape projecting above the top of the pack of cards. The necessary vertical movement of this folding-finger is given by the rotary cam r2 acting in conjunction with the lever t2, (held to contact with the cam by spring m2,) which lever t2 carries the folding linger. lVhen the folding-linger is near the upper limit of its vertical play, it stands vertically projecting above the top of the pack of cards, and between. it and the pack is the free end of what was the lower part of the severed tape, (see Fig. 16,) also extending' vertically above the top of the pack of cards. Now this upwardly-extending end of the paper tape is gummed by a device shortly to be described, after which the folding-linger turns down flat upon the top of the pack of cards and presses this gummed end of the tape upon the upper surface of the other end of the tape, uniting the two rmly and permanently through the agency of the gum or mucilage. The folding-'linger p2 is pivotally hung in or upon (a piece attached to) the lever t2, and the spring c2 constantly tends to turn the foldingiin ger down flat upon the top of the pack of cards, as described, and for the purpose described, and just as soon as the folding-finger rises high enough in its vertical play so that its jointis above the level of the top of the pack of cards this spring 1:2 turns it flat down upon the top of the pack of cards, and in so doing gums the ends of the tape together, as already described. )Vhile the fehling-fmger is lying fiat upon the top of the pack of cards and pressing the gummed end of the tape into contact with the other end a presser-lever 'mi' comes down upon the top of the folding-finger (see Fig. 17) with a considerable pressure for the purpose of effectuating the contact between the gummed end.

ofthe tape and the ungummed end. This -presser-lever is operated by the cam through the medium ot the lever a, connecting-rod d, and arm a, the latter being fast to the same shaft a that bears on its opposite end the presser-lever 102. (See Fig. 1.4.)

ll/Lc giunti/mj derzcef-'lhe letter (73 denotes a reservoir of mncilage, into which the lower end of the wiper c3 descends (see Fig. 16) at the proper time, and as it rises it carries on its free end a little of t-he mucilage. As it rises, the pivoted gummer D, extending at this time substantially horizontally, moves laterally, meets the free end of the wiper c, takes from it by cpntact (see Fig. 1 5) a little of the mncilage, retreats backward laterally, and then, turning down rotarily, comes in contact with the end of the tape, (see Fig. 16,) which at the time is ext-ending upward vertically alongside the folding-finger p2, and deposits thereon a little of the mucilage, after which it turns upward rotarily to what may be called its normal position. rlhe gummer b3 is pivoted on an arm on the rock-shaft g3, which rock-shaft is held backward in what may be called its normal position by the spring 7a3, but carries the gummer b3 to meet the wiper e3 through the impulsion of a rod 3, attached to and carried by the laterallyfeeding device, (the device which feeds the packs of postal-cards laterally step by step, already described.) The motion of the roekshaft g3, which is given by the rod 3 and spring 7b3, gives the wiper c its rotary vibratory movement, already described, through. the medium of the connecting-rod jg and the arm 7c3, which is fast on the wiper. The rotary movements of the gummer b, already described, are given by the up and down movements of the presser-lever Q02 through the medium of the arm Z (pivoted on presser- IOO lever 102 and acted upon by spring m3) and the con necting-rod n3. The spring o3 gives a yielding contact between the gummer b3 and the wiper e3. As the revolutionsof the main shaft and the several cam-shafts connected therewith by means of the intermeshing cog-A wheels continue, the several parts of the mechanisms are moved, so that the package C of cards that has been banded is released from the grasp of the presser-finger and of the presser, and is free to be thrust along by the forward feed of the succeeding package. In order that the folding-finger may be withdrawn from contact with the band and carried to its position below the table without dragging on or loosening the-"band, the base of the finger is first lifted from contact with it and drawn slightly backward before the downward movement begins. This is an iinportant feature of our invention, and is accomplished by the following mechanism:

The bent lever t2 is pivotally connected at its upper end to a second lever t3, that is pivoted to a lug t4 on the franje ata point on the lever between this pivotal connection with lever t2 and t-he end bearing against the cam r3, (see Fig. 10,) and the movement of the folding-finger is the resultant of the separate and of the combined movements of levers t2 and .t3-

as produced by the irregular surfaces on the cams r2 and r3, respectively. To produce the peculiar lifting of the folding-finger, the pin on the lower end of lever t2 drops into a hollow on the cam r2, which allows the forward end of the arm of lever t2 to swing upward under the pull of a spring a2. The other cam r3 then acts on the lever t3 and moves the forward end of the lever t2 forward (/L'. e., to the right in Fig. l0) and slightly downward, and during this operation of the lever t3 the cam r2 begins to act on the pin in the lever t2, causing the forward end of the said lever to continue its downward movement, dragging the finger across the edge of the package of cards and side of the hole and opening it to its vertical position, in which it is held by contact with such side until the .next band is to be folded. After the packs of cards are bound with the tape in the manner already described they continue to feed to the leftward by the pressure of each pack upon its fellow to its left until they drop off the left end of the table into a proper receptacle.

The letter p3 denotes a rotary shaft carrying the five cams last referred to, which makes one complete rotation with the binding and delivery of eaclr pack `of cards. This shaft, through a crank and connecting-rod, operates` the register or counting device K,which counts or registers the number of packs of cards printed, bound, and delivered. This register is not our invention, and any suitable register can be used for this purpose.

vThe cog-wheel B on the main driving-shaft B of our machine is loose on the shaft, eX- cept when secured to itr by the sliding body part of the positive clutch B2, (see Figs. 2, 19,

and 20,) that is halved onto the hub of thev wheel B,- which is in mesh with acog-'wheel of the printing-press. (See Fig. 1.) Vhen the printing-press and the card-machine have been once adjusted and timed so that-the several stops are properly taken in printing, feeding, banding, and counting, they may be disconnected and proofs struck olf or changes made in the press and the two machines againl connected without disturbing the adjustment.

)Ve claim as our improvementl. In combination, the pockets d and the pocket-clearing device E, having the forward, downward, backward, and upward motions, all substantiallyT as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The lateral feeding device composed of pivoted arms n, having the leftward, upward, rightward, and downward motions, as described, in combination with the independent pusher a', actuated by lever CZ and stop b, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The pivotally-hung and vertically-,reciprocating folding-finger p2, in combination with its actuating-spring c2, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with the pivotally-hung` and vertically-reciprocating folding-lingen?, the reciprocating presser-lever 102, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. 5. In combination, pocket-s d, clearing device e, lateral feeding device a, pusher a', tape-guide c, grasping-pinchers m m', and shears c2 e2, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination, in a machine of the within described class, a receiving-pocket with slotted bottom, the pocket-clearing lever, and the mechanism, substantially as described, whereby the said pocket clearing lever is given an intermittent reciprocation along the pocket alternately in and out of it, all substantially as described.

7. In combination with package-holding mechanism, substantially as set forth, the lever bearing the folding-finger and pivotally supported on a second lever, and the mechanism whereby the folding-finger is lifted from the end of the tape after it has been gummed and the package bound, all substanti ally as described.

8. The herein-described tape-feed mechanism, comprising a pair of pinchers consisting of levers m m', pivoted upon areciprocating slide, the said levers being provided with camsurfaces w, pins fv, and a spring to hold the clamping ends separated when they advance to feed the tape, combined with the actuating-rod r and links p', carrying the'pin z', said links connecting the said rod and slide n and operating the pincher-levers, as set forth.

9. The combination, with the pusher a and the tilting folding-fin ger 7a2, for doubling one end of the paper tape upon the package, of the ICO IIO

mechanism for folding the other end upon the package, consisting` of the pivotally-hung vertically-reciproeating folding-'linger p2 and its actuating1 spring, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of the pockets d, pocket-clearing devices, substantially as set forth, and the lateral feeding; device composed of pivoted arms n, having the leftward, upward, rightward, and downward motions, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

1].. In a machine of the class described, the combination of the pockets d, poeket-clearing devices, substantially as described, the lateral feeding device composed of pivoted arms n, having the four motions set forth, and the independentpusher d', actuated by lever d and stop l), as explained.

l2. In, a machine of the class described, the combination, with banding' mechanism, substantially as herein described, 1in which the banding-tape is fed across the path of lmovement of the 1,)ackag'e ofcards, of feedin mechanism, consisting,` olf means, substantially as described, I' or impartingI to a package of' cards a main progrssive movement, and a pusher a', for imparting a supplementary movement to the package to move it into the place where it is bound with the tape, substantially as set forth.

13. In a machine ot' the class described,the combination, with the foldingfinger p2, pivotally hung to a lever t2, and a lever lf3, pivoted to said lever t2 and to the machine, of cams r2 and 0', substantially as shown, to operate the said levers in the manner described, whereby after the foldingiinger has been operated to fold the tape upon a package its base is irst lifted Vl'rolncontact with it and the linger drawn slightlybackward before its downward movement begins,'for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM Il. BUNCE. INVIGIIT SLATE. JAMES RODDA. lVitnesses to the signature of 'illiam ll. VEunce:

R. L. II'UDso'N, J'. P. \VAUsER. `Witnesses to the sigmttures of ]')wight Slate and .lames Rodda:

(f/HAs. L. 3U11DE'1T, HOWARD N. HINCKLEY. 

